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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Antares
Explanation:
Antares [ http://scienceweb.d…] is a huge star. In a class called red supergiant [ http://adsabs.harva…], Antares is about 700 times the size of our own Sun [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], 15 times more massive, and 10,000 times brighter. Antares [ http://www.astro.wi…] is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius [ http://www.astro.wi…] and one of the brighter stars [ http://www.astro.wi…] in all the night sky. Antares [ http://www.seds.org…] is surrounded by a nebula [ http://adsabs.harva…] of gas which it has itself expelled. Radiation from Antares [ http://stardate.ute…Request Date ]' blue stellar companion helps cause the nebular gas to glow, as photographed above. Antares [ http://www.travel-n…] is located about 500 light years away.
Credit and Copyright:
D. Malin (AAO), AATB, UKS Telescope [ http://www.roe.ac.u…]
facet_when:
06-11-1996
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
ANTARES
facet_what:
Scorpius
facet_when_year:
1996
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap970624

Antares
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